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Ter-Centenary of the Hudson 



and 



Centennial of the Steamboat 




THE HALF MOON, A. D. 1609. 



The Wallkill Valley Publishing Associati 



William C. Hart, Secretar; 
Walden, N. Y. 



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The Hudson-Fulton Celebration 

September 25 to October 9, 1909 



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HENDRICK HUDSON. 



ROBERT FULTON. 



The fall of 1909 will witness the striking and important joint celebration of Hendrick 
Hudson's discovery of the Hudson, three hundred years ago, and of Robert Fulton's epoch 
making experiment in steam navigation in 1807. Imposing observances, religious, musi- 
cal, literary, historical, military and naval, will mark the occasion and the whole Hudson 
valley will participate. On Saturday, September 25, the "HALF MOON" and the "CLER- 
MONT" are to be officially received in New York harbor, and on the evening of that date 
there is to be a grand night pageant and illumination off Riverside Drive, which will pro- 
bably be the greatest event of its kind in the history of New York City. An historical par- 
ade will mark Tuesday, September 2Sth, and a military, Thursday, September 30th, both 
in New York City. A facsimile of the "HALF MOON", Hudson's ship, and of the "CLER- 
MONT", Fulton's steamboat, will be a part of the great naval parade which will start from 
New York, Friday, October 1st, and pass on up the river by slow stages, till Troy is reached, 
Saturday, October 9th. No such celebration has ever been seen in America before and the 
thousands of visitors will be amply entertained and greatly edified. 



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Our editorial page 

T is with pardonable pride that we present the six- 
teenth issue of this souvenir booklet which unfolds a 
wealth of beauty and an artistic setting never before 
^ * " attempted in this series. 

The queenly Hudson is represented in her many 

' ^ moods. Her shores contribute heroic deeds and events 

''^^i transpiring during the early settlement of the country, 

most graphically delineated and originally appearing in 

■•The Evolution of a Hundred Years" published by the 

[T" Hndson River Day Line. 

"vf^' , ■ This year commemorates the celebration of the 

IW, Ter-centenary of the discovery of the Hudson River by 

Hendrick Hudson and the centenary of the invention of 
the steamboat by Fulton. 

••Doubtless God could create more lovely gems than 

this river and valley, but we doubt if He ever did." 

Historic events also add interest to this region, thus 

/;;//• making the valley and mountains worthy of pen, sketch, 

**"^' and photographic reproduction, revealing in song, story, 

lS^*\ j^nd picture the loveliness of the Mohawk region, the 

':/ legendary Shawangunk Mountains and the historic and 

' V-K ..a scenic Hudson, truly 



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'Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks. 
Sermons in stones and good in everything. 

Fraternally yours, 

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The Fleet of the Hudson River Day Line 

The thanks of the pubUsher are due the Hudson River Day Line for their courtesy in permitting 
the use of descriptive matter and illustrations from "The Evoliilioii of a Hundred Years" in the follow- 
ing pages. 

Copyright 1907, by F. B. Hibb.rd. G. P. A., Hudson River Day Line. 



Steamer Robert Fulton 

THIS latest addition to the Day Line Fleet is a product of the year which marks 
the joint celebration of the discovery of the River by Hendrick Hudson, and the 
construction of the first commercially successful steamboat by Robert Fulton. 
Her keel was laid January 11, 1909; her operation beginning May 29th, four and 
one-half months later. She was constructed at the great works of the New York Ship- 
building Company at Camden, N. J., and built entirely under cover, so that the work could 
progress day and night in all kinds of weather. 




STEAMER ROBERT FULTON 

The ablest naval architects and marine engineers in America, the foremost of our de- 
signers, artists and artisans, and practical and experienced steamboat operating men, have 
carefully collaborated in the construction of this steamer, to make her the most refined and 
satisfactory passenger carrier ever produced. Simplicity and security are united with speed, 
comfort and luxury. A gay and delicate scheme of decoration combines with the more 
serious mural paintings illustrating the early days of river life ashore, the development of 



steam navigation on the river and the portraits of some of the most prominent personages 
connected with the river, in making, not only an allegory, but an historical sequence. 

The dimensions of the "Robert Fulton" are as follows: Length, 348 feet; beam over all 
76 feet; depth of hold, 12 feet 9 inches; capacity, 4,000 passengers. She has a beam en- 
gine built by the W. & A. Fletcher Company, of Hoboken, N. J. Cylinders 75 inches by 
12 feet stroke, developing 3,850 horse-power; side wheels and feathering buckets. A 
large lunch room is located in the forward cabin under the orchestra. The dining room is 
on the main deck aft, and she has four decks, namely: Main, saloon, grand promenade, and 
observation deck. Plate glass is used exclusively, and the construction generally, as much 
as possible, is of steel, asbestolith and composition board. 

In the last three years the Hudson River Day Line has added to its equipment two 
magnificient new steamers, the "Hendrick Hudson" and the "Robert Fulton." It has 
built four splendid new piers and passenger buildings, viz., West 42d Street, Newburgh, 
Poughkeepsie and Albany, and it has more than doubled its service in the lower half of 
the river by placing the famous iron steamer "Albany" in the New York to Poughkeepsie 
Special Excursion business. It feels perfectly confident in asserting that in service alone 
there is nowhere in the world its equal for transporting tourist passenger traffic, and to this 
may be added that in all the world there can be found no water journey which combines so 
much of beautv and interest as is found in the charmin" Hudson Vallev which it serves. 



Steamer Albany 

THE "Albany" is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful steamers ever constructed. 
Her graceful lines and great deck room forward are very noticeable, and com- 
mand marked attention. She is one of the finest vessels afloat, and combines 
all the known improvements that go toward making travel by water safe and at- 
tractive. The "Albany" was built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del., 
in 1880. During the winter of 1892 she was lengthened 30 feet and furnished with modern 
feathering-wheels in place of the old-style radical ones. Her hull is of iron, 325 feet long, 
breadth of beam over all 75 feet, and her tonnage is 1,415 gross tons. Her engine was built 
by the W. & A. Fletcher Co., of Hoboken, N. J., and develops 3,200 horse-power. The 
stroke is 12 feet, and the diameter of the cylinder is 73 inches. On her trial trip she ran 
from New York to Poughkeepsie, a distance of 75 miles, in three hours and seven minutes. 
Steam steering-gear is used on the "Albany," thus insuring ease and precision in handling 
her. The woodwork on the main. deck and in the upper saloons is all mahogany, ash and 
maple, tastefully carved. Wide, easy staircases lead to the main saloon and upper decks. 
Rich Axminster carpets cover the floors, and mahogany tables and furniture of antique de- 
sign and elegant finish make up the appointments of a handsomely furnished drawing-room. 
A life-sized marble bust of a young girl ornaments the head of the grand staircase. It is 
Palmer's ideal conception of "June". The walls are adorned with oil paintings by Emile 
Princhart, of Paris; F. D. Briscoe, of Philadelphia; and Yzuierdo, of Madrid, Spain. The 
richly furnished private parlors of the "Albany" are a notable feature, giving absolute seclu- 



sion and privacy to small parties or families. Another equally desirable feature is the 
elegant dining-room which is located on the main deck in order that tourists while enjoy- 
ing their dinner may not be deprived of viewing the beautiful scenery for which the Hud- 
son is renowned. The carrying capacity of the "Albany" is 4,500, but a license for 2,500 
passengers only is applied for, in order that there may be no disagreeable crowding. 

Steamer Hendrick Hudson 

THE progress of our national commerce is probably more emphatically marked by 
the construction of this great steamer than by any other event of a like nature- 
Up to last year her sister steamers, the "New York," "Albany" and "Mary Powell" 
held easily the world's record for boats of their class, but the increasing popularity 
or the Hudson day service, and anxiety of the Day Line to be not only abreast of 
but ahead of the times, has resulted in the placing in commission of this splendid steamer. 
The "Hendrick Hudson" was built by the Marvel Company of Newburgh under contract 



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with the W. & A. Fletcher Company of New York, who built her engines, and under designs 
from Frank E. Kirby. Her principal dimensions are: Length, 400 feet; breadth over all, 
82 feet; depth of hold, 14 feet, 4 inches, and a draft of 7 feet 6 inches. The propelling ma- 
chinery consists of an inclined double expansion paddle engine, with three cranks, there 
being one high-pressure cylinder 45 inches in diameter, and two low-pressure cylinders, 
each 70 inches in diameter, the stroke being 7 feet in each case. Steam at 170 lbs. pressure 
is furnished by eight boilers. The paddle-wheels are of steel, each 24 feet in diameter and 



each havino- nine curved steel buckets working in the so-caUed feathering style. The 
revolutions at 170 lbs. steam pressure from the boilers, are 41 per mmute, developing 
5 000 horse power. Steel has been used to such an extent in her construction that her 
hull her bulkheads (7 in all), her engine and boiler enclosures, her kitchen and ventilators, 
her stanchions, girders and deck beams, and, m fact, the whole essential framework of the 
boat is like a great steel building, and entirely free from vibration. Where wood is used, 
it is hardwood, and in finish probably has no equal in marine work. ^ 

Her scheme of decoration, ventilation, and sanitation is as artistic and scientihc as 
modem methods can produce, and, at the same lime, her general lay-out for practical 
and comfortable operation is the evolution of the long number of years m w nch the Day 
Line has been conducting the passenger business. Like the other steamers of the Hudson 
River Day Line, she is exclusively built for first-class passenger traffic, and no freight ot 
any kind is carried. She has four decks entirely devoted to passengers. The offices, bag- 
gage-rooms, cloak-rooms, etc., are located as much as possible amidships, so that every 
available part of the entire steamer from which a good vantage pomt may be had to view 
the scenery is for the exclusive use of tourists. ,• + f 

A detailed account of this steamer would be a long story, but some of the salient fea- 
tures are as follows : She carries the largest passenger license ever issued, namely : for 5000 
people On her trial trip she made the fastest record through the water of any inland 
passenger ship m this country, namely 23.1 miles per hour. Her shafts are under the mam 
deck- her mural paintings represent promment features of the Hudson which may not be 
well seen from the steamer. What is worthy of remark just here is the fact that tbe new 
steamer comes as near being fireproof as a fabric of this character well could be. Bml of 
steel with all beams and trusses supporting the decks of the same material, and with hy- 
drants and fire hose placed every few feet, no danger could be apprehended. 

\ still alarm sent from any part of the boat will concentrate the crew upon that part, 
who 'could rapidly overcome any serious trouble. Indeed, the safety apphcance system 
of the "Hendrick Hudson" is one of the most complete and elaborate ever put on a steam- 
boat. Her equipment far exceeds the requirements of the underwriters and of the gov- 
ernment inspection laws. . , . , 

She has fourteen large private parlors, representmg different periods of decoration; 
one large Persian wntmg-room, done m teak and gold; one ladies' lounge-room, m white 
mahogany and gold. The observation-rooms on the upper deck are not only .^o^ el but 
most attractive, as one can see from them, without moving from his chair both sides of the 
river and ahead or astern, and being under the shade of the deck, have comtortable pro- 
tection from the glare of the sun or the water. The dining-room (on mam deck) and hmch- 
room are much the same as the other steamers, except larger, and carry out the same scheme 
of ornamentation. 




'HE DAWN OF 
Courtesy Journa 



THE NEW WORLD. 
American Histor}'. 



THE HUDSON is pre-eminently famed among the rivers of the world for the sur- 
passing beauty and bold grandeur of its scenery, while history, legend and story 
have left hardly a mile of its course unhallowed by their associations. It has been 
sung by the poet, pictured by the artist, and pen-painted by a multitude of de- 
scriptive writers, but no pen or brush has adequately portrayed its charming scenery, which 
must be seen to be appreciated. The river, and the region through which it flows, evoke 
eulogies not only from modern visitors, but even the savage, whose domain it was before 
the coming of the white man, considered it his Elysium, while from the first explorer down 
to the tourist of to-day it has not failed to call forth its tribute of praise. 

Prior to its discovery and settlement by Europeans, this valley was inhabited chiefly 
by two tribes of Algonquin Indians; one of them the Mohegan, "the Romans of the West- 
ern World," dwelling to the east, and the other, the Mincee, to the west of the river; and 
their weird traditions still cling to many of the places with which they were associated. 

The first white men who beheld the sparkling waters of the bay of New York were 
doubtless Varrazano and the men who accompanied him in his small boat, when, leaving 
his ship outside the Narrows, he entered and explored the bay in 1524, of which he has left 
a plain description in his account of the voyage. He writes of this in his narrative, — "a 
very pleasant situation; we regretted to leave this region, which seemed so commodious 
and delightful." 



There is considerable dispute among historians as to whether he entered the bay and 
harbor at New York, or whether it was Narragansett Bay, but be that as it may, the first 
actual explorer of the river was he whose name it now bears. 

In the haze of a September evening, in the year 1609, a little high-pooped, broad- 
bottomed Dutch yacht came in from the sea and came to anchor in sight of the Navesink 
Highlands. "This", they wrote, "was a very good land to fall in with and a pleasant land 
to see." The vessel, a Vlieboat, called the "Half Moon." of about eighty tons burden, sent 
out by the East India Company, under the command of Henry Hudson and a crew of 
twenty sailors, partly Dutch and partly English, was under orders to "explore a passage 
to China by the northeast or northwest." The next morning, September ord, was misty, 
but it cleared at ten and with a wind soutli-sdmlicast they stood to the northward, and at 
night anchored inside Sandy Hook. Tin iini.' until the 12th was spent in exploring the 
lower bay and the adjacent islands, and in {hv meantime one of the sailors, named Coleman, 
was killed by an arrow from the Indians. On the i2th. they passed through the Narrows 
and came to anchor at night "two leagues" from its entrance, probably very near the pres- 
ent Battery Park. 

Sumlaw S(|iti'ni1)cr Kith, it being fair with northerly wind, they weighed anchor at 
7 a. m. ami "turnLMl four miles mto the river" with the tide, and, as it turned anchored, and 
"four canoes came out and brought very great store of very good oysters, which we bought 




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for trifles." In the afternoon they went up with the flood tide "two and a half leagues 
further, and anchored in five fathoms, soft ooz, in sight of a high point of land bearing 
north by east five leagues away." The 14th being very fair, with wind southeast, they 
sailed up the river "twelve leagues and came to a strait between two points, and it turned 
northeast by north one league, very high lands on both sides, then northwest one league and 
a half, then northeast by north five miles, then northwest by north two leagues, and anchored. 
The land grew very high and mountainous; the river is full of fish." The loth was misty 
until the sun rose, when it cleared, and with a south wind they ran into the river "twenty 
leagues, passing by high mountains; at night we came to other mountains, which lie from 
the river's side; there we found very loving people, and very old men, where we were well 
used." There they remained fishing and taking in fresh water until the evening of the 16th. 
when they weighed anchor and went up "two leagues further and struck shoal water and 
anchored till morning." On the 17th it was fair and very hot, and in the morning they 
set sail and ran up "six leagues higher, and found shoals in the middle of the channel, and 
small islands, and but seven fathoms in both sides." Here they ran aground, but got off 
with the flood tide. The 18th being fair they remained at anchor all day and Hudson went 
on shore with an old Indian, "a governor of the country who carried me to his house and 
made me good cheer." The governor was "chief of a tribe consisting of forty men and seven- 
teen women; these I saw in a house well constructed of oak bark, and circular in shape, 
so that it had the appearance of being built with an arched roof. It contained a great 



quantity of maize or Indian com and beans'of the last year's growth, and there lay near the 
house for the purpose of drying enough to load three ships, besides what was growing m 
the fields. On our coming into the house, two mats were spread out to sit upon, and some 
food was immediately served in well-made wooden bowls. Two men were also dispatched 
at once, with bows and arrows, in quest of game, who soon brought in a pair of pigeons which 
they had shot. They likewise killed a fat dog, and skinned it in great haste, with shells 
which they had got out of the water. They supposed that I would remain with them for 
the night; but I returned after a short time on board the ship. The land is the finest for 
cultivation that I ever in my life set foot upon, and it also abounds in trees of every de- 
scription. The natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not re- 
main, they supposed that I was afraid of their bows, and, taking the arrows, they broke 
them in pieces and threw them in the fire. 

Historians differ greatly as to the location of the "loving people," and as to where the 
above incident took place, as well as the exact location of all the other places mentioned 
in the log-book of the "Half Moon." These extracts are from this log-book, which is the 
only record of the voyage we have, except that De Laet expressly states in his narrative 
that the place where Hudson went on shore, as a guest of the old chief, was in latitude 
42- 1' 8", which would be about Stockport, where the Kinderhook creek empties into the 
river. Those who are familiar with the river will have no trouble in locating the high 
point of land mentioned on the 13th, nor the passage of the highlands on the Uth, nor the 
Catskills as the mountains that lay from the river's side on the 15th. 

On the 19th, the weather being fair and hot, "at the flood tide, being near 11 o clock, 
we weighed and ran higher, two leagues above the shoals, and had no less water than five 
fathoms, we anchored and rode in eight fathoms." 

This was the highest point reached by the "Half Moon", but small boats were sent 
further up the river on the following day, and they reported that two leagues up were two 
fathoms of water, and a very narrow channel, and above that place seven or eight fathoms. 
On the 22nd, the boat was again sent up the river to make soundings and returned at night 
in a shower, reporting it "to be at the end for shipping to go in, for they had been up eight 
or nine leagues and found but seven foot water and unconstant soundings." This seems 
to belie the common historic assertion that "Hudson ascended the river as far as Albany 
and sent small boats up as far as Waterford." If the small boat ever got as far as the mouth 
of the Mohawk, it seems strange that the sailors did not mention it and comment on the 
Cohoes Falls, which would have been in plain sight. 

Durin- the time between the 19th and 22nd. while the vessel remained at anchor, oc- 
curred the incident commonly ascribed in history to Manhattan Island, where Hudson 
made the savages drunk,-the first taste the Indians had of that "fire water" which be- 
came their lasting curse. , r r^ -u a 
On the 2.3rd they began their return down the river, and on the 4th of October passed 
Sandy Hook and stood out to sea, bidding adieu, forever, to the beautiful river which they 
had discovered, and which now bears the name of their commander. 

The Hudson has borne numerous appellations; to the Iroquois, it was known as the 
Cahohatatia. or river that flows from the mountains; among other tribes it was known as 
Skanektade or river that flows beyond the open pmes; the Mohegans called it Shatemuck, 



while the Delawares, and other southern tribes, called it Mohecannituck, or river of the 
Mohegans. Other names were Nassau, Manhattan, Mauritus, Noornt River and De Groote 
River, but it'never came to be generally called the Hudson until after the English wrested 
the territory^ from the Dutch in 1664. 

The once silent "River of the Mountains" is now the highway of a boundless traffic, 
and bears upon' its bosom the teeming wealth of nations; the primeval forests that once 
covered the unbroken retreats of the simple Manhattoes have given place to the busy 
metropolis that largely controls the commerce of the world; in the place of the birch canoe 
we have the swift steamers, that rival the bird in speed and make the trip from the sea to 
the head of navigation in as many hours as it took the "Half Moon " days. 

Let us follow one of the steamers of the Day Line in its journey up this historic stream, 
and briefly note some of the most prominent features of its scenery and some of the places 
of^historic interest. 

Near the very spot from which the steamer begins its trip, a Revolutionary line of 
breastworks extended from Desl)rosses Street along Greenwich to lluljert, and^Talong 




BLRR 
if the United States 



killed by the 



It was with these pistols that the Secretary of the Treasury of the United Si 
Vice-President of the United States in a duel arising from political controversy. These pistols 
purchased bv John Barker Church in London. 




THE ALBANY DAY LINE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
At one of its relay stations, while passing through the Hudson River Valley in a terrific Snow Storm. 



Hubert to the river bank, and thence south to the Grenadiers' Battery, which stood about ■ 
at Frankhn Street. Just back of this stood the "Brew House," also fortified; and guard- 
in,i,' the waterfront below were the Jersey Battery, McDougall's Battery, Oyster Battery, 
and intervening earthworks. On the site of the present Battery Park stood Fort 
Amsterdam which was the principal military post of the Dutch colonists. In the time 
of Peter Stuyvesant, this was a square earthworks lined with planks, with four bas- 
tions, enclosing the barracks and the governor's house. Near by, on a slight elevation, 
stood the old company windmill, whose sails acted as a sort of barometer for the simple 
colonists; for they had an ordninace regulating the trips of the ferry to such times as it 
might be in operation; for, if the wind was too strong, for the mill to run, the ferryman 
need not cross, and many of the labors of the day were also regulated by its movements. 

As the steamer leaves her pier and pushes out into the stream, the noise of the city 
gives way to the steady throb of the engine and the ripple of the water as the boat skims its 
surface. 

To the west the rocky eminence at Weehawken marks the spot where Hamilton fell, 
mortally wounded, in a duel with Burr, and stretching away to the north for twenty-three 
miles, the picturesque Palisades form a perpendicular wall of rock, varying in height from 
fifty to six hundred feet. 

Not the Rhine of Germany, whose banks are strewn with the relics of feudalism, nor 
the lochs and firths of Scotland that murmur to the sea their wails of the Viking invaders; 
nor the hills of Greece, on which the gods held council, are more picturesque in their ruins 



than the palisaded Hudson, with these rocky summits, spHt and rent, forming turret, min- 
aret and dome or battlement, as fantastically set as the ruined piles that lie crumbling 
over the sea. 

To the east, in Riverside Park, a grateful people have erected an imposing mausoleum 
which contains the remains of General Grant. 

One of the fiercest battles of the Revolution was fought. on the heights immediately 
north. Commanding the point now called Fort Washington Point stood a fortification 
bearing the same name, and just above were Forts Tyron and Cock Hill, protected in the 
rear by Fort George. These were held b}' the American forces under Colonel Magaw, with 
about two thousand men. Sir William Howe with a force of about five thousand men be- 
gan an attack upon these on the loth of November, 1776, which culminated in a victory 
for the British soon after noon of the following day. Word being sent to General Washing- 
ton at Hackensack, he hastened to Fort Lee, and there with his general officers gathered 
around him, on the heights across the river, he was an eye-witness of the slaughter and final 
defeat of the patriot forces. Fort Lee was immediately abandoned, but before its stores 
could be removed a large part of them, as well as the mounted cannon, were captured by 
Comwallis who had crossed the river with six thousand men. This retreat of Washington 
was the cause of his famous crossing of the Delaware among the ice floes a month later. 

Across the river from Washington Point to the rocks under Fort Lee stretched a che- 
vaux-de-frise, and on the bluff over the railroad station at Spuyten Duyvil was another 
Continental fort called Independence. 

The surrounding shores abound with localities rich with incident and deeds of daring 

enacted during the troublous days of '76 while to-day they are occupied by the homes of 

men of wealth, letters and social prominence, whose 

places and wooded lawns decorate the hills with 

pleasing contrasts of color. 

- -^.A^ ''**': Yonkers perpetuates the name of 

■♦^ ■ 1 « • . • ^ Adriaen Van der Donck, who was 

the first lawyer in the Dutch 

colony. He came in 1642 in 

a ship of Patroon Killian 

Van Rensselaer and 





GOVERNOR CLINTON 



settling here and living with some pretense of style, his estate came to be called "de jonkhee's 
landt," or the gentlemen's land; which has been corrupted to the present name Yonkers. 
Here also, in the center of the city, stands the old Phillipse mansion, once the home of Mary 
Phillipse, whose hand was sought by Washington, and who was one of the few women attainted 
of treason during our war for independence, her property being confiscated by the government. 

In front of the city, in 1777, occurred a naval engagement between the American gun- 
boats and the British frigates "Rose" and "Pheonix," in which the former were defeated 
and compelled to seek safety in the mouth of the Sawkill (now Nepperhan) Creek. 

It could not have been far from here that the "Half Moon" came to anchor on the 
evening of Sunday, September 13th, 1609, in sight of the high point of land five leagues 
away. Picture the scene in the words of Irving: "The late swelling sail hung lifeless 
against the mast, — the seamen with folded arms leaned against the shrouds, lost in that in- 
voluntary musing which the sober grandeur of nature commands in the rudest of her chil- 
dren. The vast bosom of the Hudson was like an unruffled mirror, reflecting the golden 
splendor of the heavens, excepting that now and again a dark canoe would steal across its 
surface, filled with painted savages, whose gay feathers glared brightly, as perchance a 
lingering ray of the setting sun gleamed upon them from the western mountains. 




ELLISUX HOUSE AT NEW WINDSOR. 

"But when the hour of twilight spread its magic mists around, then did the face of na- 
ture assume a thousand fugitive charms, which, to the worthy heart that seeks enjoyment 
in the glorious works of its Maker, are inexpressibly captivating. The mellow, dubious light 
that prevailed, just served to tinge with elusive colors the softened features of the scenery. 
The deceived but delighted eye sought vainly to discern, in the broad masses of shade, the 
separating lines between the land and water; or to distinguish the fading objects that seemed 
sinking into chaos. Now did the busy fancy supply the feebleness of vision, producing 
with industrious craft a fairy creation of her own. Under her plastic wand the barren rocks 
frowned upon the watery waste, in the semblance of lofty towers and high embattled cas- 
tles, — trees assumed the direful forms of mighty giants, and the inaccessible summits of 
the mountains seemed peopled with a thousand shadowy beings. 

"Now broke forth from the shores the notes of an innumerable variety of insects, which 
filled the air with a strange but not inharmonious concert, — while ever and anon was heard 
the melancholy plaint of the whip-poor-will, who, perched on some lone tree, wearied the 
ear of night with his incessant meanings. The mind soothed into a hallowed melancholy, 
listened with pensive stillness to catch and distinguish each sound that vaguely echoed 
from the shore, — now and then startled perchance by the whoop of some straggling 
savage, or the dreary howl of a wolf, stealing forth upon his nightly prowlings." 




VIEW OF WEST POINT— FROM DI 




DM UF DAY LINE STEAMERS. 



He who penned the above has done more to perpetuate the old tales and traditions of 
the Dutch settlers than any other writer, and at Irvington, Sunnyside, his former residence, 
can be seen from the steamer. During the Revolutionary period it was owned and occupied 
by Jacob Van Tassel and was called Wolfert's Roost. Van Tassel and his associates, who 
were the acknowledged defenders of the neighborhood against the depredations of the Cow 
Boy and Skinner marauders, used the place as headquarters and as a garrison, and also 
maintained from it a part of the water guard of the river. This old house stands to-day 
beautifully enriched by the hand of nature, hallowed by the voice of traditionary history 
speaking out from the old walls and umbrageous trees, and consecrated by the presence 
of true genius. 

As we proceed and the river widens into the broad Tappan Zee. there comes into view a 
bewildering panorama of places which recall much of history and romance, and we can well call 
into use again the "Genius of Sunnyside" where he pictures it in describing the voyage of 
Peter Stuyvesant, in his Knickerbocker History of New York: "Now did they career it 
gayly across the vast expanse of Tappan Bay. whose wide extended shores present a vast 





TEMI'LE HILL .MO.XUMEXT. XLW WINDSOR. 



variety of delectable scenery — here the Ijold promontory, crowned with embowering trees, 
advancing into the bay — there the long woodland slope sweeping up from the shore in rich 
luxuriance, and terminating in the upland precipice — while at a distance a long waving line 
of rocky heights, threw their gigantic shades across the water. Now would they pass where 
some modest little interval, opening among these stupendous scenes, yet retreating as it 
were for protection into the embraces of the neighboring mountains, displayed a rural 
paradise, fraught with sweet and pastoral beauties; the velvet-tufted lawn — the bushy 
copse — the tinkling rivulet, stealing through the fresh and vivid verdure, on whose banks 
was stationed some little Indian village, or, peradventure, the rude cabin of some solitary 
hunter. 

"The different periods of revolving day seemed each, with cunning magic, to diffuse a 
different charm over the scene. Now would the jovial sun break gloriously from the east, 
blazing from the summits of the hills and sparkling the landscape with a thousand dewy 
gems; while along the borders of the river were seen heavy masses of mist, which, like mid- 
night caitiffs, disturbed at his approach, made a sluggish retreat, rolling in sullen reluctance 
up the mountains. At such times, all was brightness and life and gayety — the atmosphere 



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seemed of an indescribable pureness and transparency — the birds broke forth in wanton 
madrigals, and the freshening breezes wafted the vessel merrily on her course." 

Tarrytown, which lies to the east of the bay, nestled among the Greensburgh hills, 
upon the site of a former Indian village called Alipconck, which in the Delaware tongue sig- 
nified place of elms, was called by the Dutch "Tarwee Town," which is to say, wheat town. 
Here is the place where Andre was captured; and across the river, on a hill just back of 
Piermont, is the place where, after being tried as a spy, he was hanged. 

Within sight of the river, at the north end of the town, stands the Old Sleepy Hollow 
Dutch church and burying-ground, and at one side flows the Pocantico Creek, made famous 
by Irving as the haunt of the headless horseman, in his "Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Here 
also lies the grave of Irving, in the very spot of which he said, — "if ever I should wish for 
a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away 
the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley. A 
small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the oc- 
casional whistle of a quail, or tapping of a woodpecker, is almost the only sound that ever 
breaks in upon the uniform tranquility. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over 
the land and to pervade the very atmosphere." 



Leaving astern the Tappan Zee, the steamer veers slightly to the west and, passing 
close to Hook Mountain, enters the narrow strait off Teller's Point, where on the night of 
September 21st, 1780, the British sloop-of-war "Vulture" lay waiting the return of Major 
Andre from his conference with the traitor Arnold. Colonel Livingston had been informed 
that a vessel of the enemy lay within cannon shot from the shore, and during the night 
he and a few companions got an old four-pounder out on Teller's Point, and, as soon as day- 
light permitted opened fire with such effect as to compel the sloop to drop down stream, 
considerably damaged. This incident led to the capture of Andre, though Livingston had 
no idea that he was accomplishing anything beyond harrassing a vessel of the enemy; it 
compelled Andre to attempt a return to the British lines by land, and the result is well 
known. 

To the west of Haverstraw Bay and a little north of the village of Haverstraw, standing 
upon a hill commanding a full view of the bay and the anchorage of the "Vulture," the Josh- 
ua Hett Smith house is still to be seen. "Treason Hill" is well named, for here the confer- 
ence between Arnold and Andre was brought to a close, the price of treason fixed and every 
detail settled for the betrayal of the cause of liberty. 

Upon the heights at Stony Point and Verplanck's Point were located Revolutionary 
fortifications, constructed and held by the Continental armies. On the first of June, 1779, 
they were captured by the British under Sir Henry Clinton. The recapture of the works 
on Stony Point by a small band of patriots under General ("Mad" Anthony) Wayne forms 
one of the brightest pages of our country's history. 

Just north of this point -was the famous King's Ferry over which Andre crossed after 
his conference at the Smith house; this was considered a very important and much used 
crossing at that time. 

And now, as the steamer approaches the Highlands region, w'hat need is there of re- 
lating incidents of history or of indicating places of interest when the whole region is pic- 
turesque and grand beyond description, and of itself so imposing as to hold the attention of 
even those who are the most wanting in admiration for the grand and beautiful in nature? 
But when added to this natural attractiveness of scenery we have a locality crowded with 
historic associations of that period of our country when patriotism burned as a flame that 
consumed, and loyalty to the cause of freedom called forth deeds of heroism and personal 
sacrifice such as the world has rarely known, where every spot recalls the memory of such 
patriots as Washington, Putnam, Lafayette, Schuyler, Greene, Kosciusko, Steuben, and 
the many others who with them made our country a land of freedom, expression is dumb 
and description feeble; and yet there are those who are not familiar with the locality to 
whom a brief word of explanation may not be amiss. 

This region has always inspired mankind with emotions of awe, for many are the tales 
of supernatural deeds that are said to have been done within its limits; and to the early 
Dutch navigators it was a region of dread, which was under the dominion of supernatural 
and mischievious beings who, took a peculiar delight in venting their spleen and indulging 
their humors upon and bothering them with flaws and head-winds, counter-currents and all 
kinds of impediments. Some believed these mischievious powers to be evil spirits con- 
jured up by the Indian wizards to revenge themselves on the strangers w^ho had dispos- 
sessed them. 




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AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEF. 
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sculpture by A. P. Proctor of Nev 



The Indians believed these mountains were raised by the mighty spirit Manito, to pro- 
tect his favorite abodes from the unhallowed eyes of mortals, and that before the Hudson 
poured its water through them they formed a vast prison within whose rocky bosom he con- 
fined the rebellious spirits who repined at his control; that here, jammed in rifted pines or 
crushed by ponderous rocks, they groaned for ages, until at length the conquering Hudson 
burst open their prison house, rolling a mighty tide triumphantly through the stupendous 
ruins. 

What is usually called the "Southern Gateway to the Highlands" is formed by Dun- 
derberg Mountain on the west and Manito Mountain on the east, which rise in rocky heights 
over a thousand feet above the river. 

These great mountains and hills are set with a rugged grace that cannot but influence 
the beholder to feel that Nature outdoes Art and that the latter makes but an imperfect 
attempt at reproducing her perfections. 

Although man cannot suggest the change of a single setting of the Creator's handiwork 
in this region that would add to the effect, yet its natural position has been such that many 
events have transpired within its limits which embellish its scenes with their memory; 
and thus though unable to add to its scenic effect, he has added a halo of glory to it that 
will shine brightly until the world forgets to love freedom and to revere the spots where 
patriots bought it with heroism and with blood. 

The ruins of Revolutionary fortifications are scattered in great profusion through the 
Highlands, but as their construction was for the most part of earth, their remains are only 
to be distinguished by a close examination of the places where they stood; but much still 
remains to reward the visitor for his time if he cares to search them out. 

Fort Independence stood at the base of Manito Mountain, commanding the narrow en- 
trance to the Highlands. A little further on, where Peploap's Kill brings down to the Hud- 
son the waters from Bear Mountain, stood Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, on either 
side of the ravine formed by its mouth. From here across to Anthony's Nose were stretched 
a heavy wooden boom linked together with iron links and buoyed by wooden rafts, and a 
heavy iron chain also secured in the same manner, Besides these the channel was obstruct- 
ed by a chevaux-de-frise. On October 6th, 1777, these forts were taken by the British, and 
here on that night the Americans burned two frigates, two galleys and an armed sloop to 
prevent their capture by the enemy. Says Stedman: "The flames suddenly broke forth, 
and as every sail was set, the vessels soon became magnificient pyramids of fire. The re- 
flection on the steep face of the opposite mountain, and the long train of ruddy light which 
shone upon the water for a prodigious distance, had a wonderful effect; while the ear was 
awfully filled with the continued echoes from the rocky shores, as the flames gradually 
reached the loaded cannons. The whole was sublimely terminated by the explosions, 
which left all again in darkness." On the following morning the enemy destroyed the ob- 
structions in the river, which had cost the Americans a quarter of a million of dollars. Fort 
Constitution upon the island opposite West Point was abandoned, and 'Vaughan and Wal- 
lace sailed up the river on a marauding expedition during which they burned Esopus and 
Kingston. Here also, near Fort Montgomery, "Captain Molly" Pitcher, the heroine of the 
battle of Monmouth, lived and died. 




Beaconcrest Hotel, Mt. Beacon 

THIS fine new hotel opened to the public, is situated on the western crest of Mt. 
Beacon, Matteawan, New York, fifty-nine miles from New York city,^ directly 
opposite Newburgh and Washington's Headquarters, overlooking beautiful New- 
burgh Bay, and is reached by the Mt. Beacon Incline Railway. From its broad 
verandas some of the finest views of the Hudson River are obtained. 

The house is three stories, consisting of large office with open fire-place, large cool sleeping rooms 
and toilet and bath rooms on every floor. In all sanitary arrangements the greatest possible 
care has been exercised under the supervision of sanitary experts. The building is steel sheathed 
throughout, thereby greatly diminishing the danger from fire. Long lines of hose connected with 
water mains, also fire extinguishers in all parts of the house are safeguards against fire. The house is 
furnished throughout in a comfortable and adequate manner. 

Water for cooking and drinking is furnished from the famous Beacon Spring. The spring is located 
on the west side of the mountain and is so situated that it can never be contaminated. It bubbles up 
cool, sparkling and pure. Recent analysis shows it to be a very superior water for drinking purposes 
and is excelled by none. 

Contiguous to the hotel are some 800 acres of mountain woodland, a delightful place to ramble 
through wooded paths and over rocky crags, where every view is a delightful revelation. 

"Beaconcrest" always enjoys a breeze. The altitude of the mountain, 1,539 feet above sea level, 
insures immunity from fleas and mosquitoes. 



Time, deca)^ and the march of improvement are ruthlessly destroying relic after 
relic in this region, and one of the last to pass from our observation is the Beverly Robinson 
House, which was situated at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain, about three-fourths of a 
mile from Beverly Dock, near Garrisons. 

The wife of Colonel Robinson was a daughter of Frederick Phillipse, and as the Colonel 
and General Washington were close personal friends before the war, it was at this house 
where Washington met and fell in love with Mary Phillipse. This was also Arnold's head- 
quarters after he secured the command of West Point with the purpose of betraying it to 
the British, and it was here that he matured his nefarious plans and abandoned his wife on 
receiving news of the capture of Andre. The house was also used as a hospital for the Amer- 
ican army, as it was large and roomy, and its farm and gardens very extensive and productive. 

And now, the bold promontory to the west, crowned with noble buildings, brings to 
mind other reminiscences. 

West Point! Cradle of War; nursery of heroes; school of an army that has never 
known defeat; what names does it recall of illustrious men now slumbering in the dream- 
less sleep of the dead! Let memory also recall the nameless heroes, who for their love of 
country and the righteous cause of freedom, withstood privations and labored undaunted 
by suffering, to here erect a barrier against the foes of liberty: — 

"Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, 
If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise," 

for they were but the individuals comprising the rank and file of the army, and it was their 
courage and their brawn and muscle, though guided by illustrious leaders, that raised the 
banner of Freedom over our land. While they were constructing these works, in January, 
1778, General Putnam, then in charge, wrote to Washington: — "Dubois's regiment is un- 
fit to be ordered on duty, there not being one blanket in the regiment. Very few have either 
a (shoe or a shirt, and most of them have neither stockings, breeches or overalls. Several 
companies of enlisted artificers are in the same situation and unable to work in the field." 

The first fort built here was commenced in August 1775, by direction of the Provincial 
Assembly at New York. It was called Fort Constitution, and was erected on the rocky 
island across from West Point now called Constitution Island. In April, 1778, Fort Clinton 
was completed on West Point, and soon after Fort Putnam upon Mt. Independence was 
built to command the lower forts, and very soon thereafter Forts Webb and Wyllys were 
thrown up as outer works to protect Fort Putnam. 

A chain and obstructions were also placed across the river at this point, just as those 
lower down at Fort Montgomery were placed, to obstruct navigation. 

All of the fortifications are in ruins now, except Fort Clinton; and the gray ruins of 
old Putnam standing out in strong relief against the green background of mountains are 
a silent reproach for the neglect that has allowed it to decay. 

All these and more speak with siren tongue to lure the traveler and historian; but it is 
not by these associations alone that the stranger is moved with strong emotions when ap- 
proaching West Point; for, indeed, one all unmindful of the past or utterly indifferent to 
our history cannot but feel a glow of admiration as he courses along the sinuous channel 
of this portion of the river, or climbs the rough hills that embosom it. To the uninitiated 



Constitution Island seems to block the river completely and leave no passage beyond, 
but as the boat nears the apparent obstruction and seems about to run upon it, a circuitous 
passage is seen to open to the west around the island, and the vista opened to the eye is 
rarely beautiful. Stretching away to the north the blue water seems to lose itself among 
the hills that lie beyond; indistinct in the distance, through the opening in the mountains, 
is seen the city of Newburgh, while on one hand Taurus and Breakneck stand guard, and on 
the other, vStorni King and Cro' Nest. 

This locality has had a wonderful attraction for literary men; Poe iieglected his duties 
as a cadet at West Point to wander among these mountains and drink in inspiration for 
the literary productions, that afterward made him famous; Geo. P. Morris had his summer 
home under the shadow of Taurus, and nowhere in this broad land was there a more ap- 
propriate spot for the home of an American song-writer, 

"Where Hudson's waves o'er silvery sands 
Wind through the hills afar, 
And Cro' Nest like a monarch stands 
Crown'd with a single star." (.Morris.) 




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MOUNT b];acux monument. 

Erected by the Daughters of the Revolution. 
On the eastern crest stands a monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
in commemoration of the burning of beacon fires during the occupation of New York by the British, 
to notify Washington and his officers of the movement of the enemy. It is reached by the Mount 
Beacon Incline Railway, the steepest incline railway in the world. 



Here was the inspiration for Joseph Rodman Drake, when on a temporary visit to Cold 
Spring, he wrote under its spell "The Culprit Fay," and before summoning "Ouphe and 
goblin, imp and sprite," he thus describes the scene: — • 

"The moon looks down on old Cro' Nest; 

She mellows the shades on his shaggy breast 

And seems his huge gray form to throw 

In a silver cone on the wave below. 

His sides are broken by spots of shade, 

By the walnut bough and the cedar made; 

And through their clustering branches dark 

Glimmers and dies the firefly's spark, — 

Like starry twinkles that momently break, 

Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack." 

Where may we find more classic surroundings than these, where N. P. Willis, James K. 
Paulding, Gulian C. Verplanck, E. P. Roe, Miss Warner, Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet 
Beecher Stowe, and many others have toiled among their books? 



As the shores of Newburgh Bay begin to spread on either hand, and we look back over 
the steamers' wake at the rocky piles we are leaving, we perceive that, like their gateway 
at the south, the Highlands also have a gateway at the north, whose posts are Breakneck 
on the east, and Storm King on the west; each in altitude more than fifteen hundred feet. 

Here again new scenes remind us of their accompaniment of incident, for it is ever 
thus with the Hudson; though we may contemplate its deepest grandeur or brightest 
aspect, we always find it surrounded with interest or hallowed by memories of events that 
cluster around it. Plum Point, New Windsor, the Beacon Hills, Fishkill and Newburgh, — 
how they crowd the memory with tales of the past until we fancy we can again see the beacon 
fires flash up from peak to peak and a ruddy glow mantle the most distant hill-top, while 
the boom of the alarm gun as it echoes from mountain to mountain and shore to shore seems 
to die away in a distant murmur up the valley. 

Here at Newburgh was Washington's headquarters while the Continental army was 
quartered in the valley, and it is now maintained by the State as a Museum of Revolutionary 
Relics, as nearly as possible as it appeared in the era of the Revolution. 

The Verplanck mansion, which stands embowered in a grove of locust trees on the 
bluff just north of Fishkill, was owned by Samuel Verplanck, Esq., during the Revolution, 
and was for a time the headquarters of Baron Steuben when the American Army was en- 
camped in the vicinity of Newburgh. Here was also organized the Society of the Cincinnati, 
an organization named in veneration of the illustrious Roman, Lucius Quintius Cincinna- 
tus, whose members were the generals and other officers of the American army; they being 
resolved to follow his example by returning to civil life when the war was closed. 

The surrounding mountains were the haunts of Enoch Crosby, an American Spy of the _ 
Revolution, whose exploits have been so interestingly told by Cooper in his tale, "The Spy," 
and the old Wharton house, around which the thread of the tale was woven, is still stand- 
ing at Old Fishkill. 

On the southern outskirts of Poughkeepsie, on the river bank, surrounded by a grove 
of locust trees stands the manor house of Henry Livingston, which was built in 1714. 

When the British squadron ascended the river after the capture of Forts Clinton and 
Montgomery, this house presented too fair a target to escape damage, as the scars which 
still remain upon it from the cannon of Vaughan and Wallace will show. This place has 
recently been much changed, owing to the demand of its owners that it be made useful, 
and around it now stand smoking furnaces and heaps of scrap iron, while the only portion 
of the house that remains is used as the business office of its owners; however, that portion 
remains still in its original condition, and the scars left by the cannon balls still show. 

And now the river begins to put on a new aspect and the more rugged mountain scen- 
ery to give way to hills that are covered by fruitful orchards and vineyards that yearly 
pour their bounty into the lap of man, while away in the distance the blue peaks of the 
Catskill beckon us to their region of enchantment. Where further down, the river tourist 
feels that thrill of emotion that always animates the breast of man when in the presence 
of the Creator's grandest works, here, where the noble stream pursues more quiet ways, 
he begins to feel the influence of restful drowsiness that seems always to have thrown its 
spell over the region of the Catskills. 



In the early days of the settlements along the river, while the savage still roamed the 
hills in search of game to supply fur to the traders, the colonists seem to have gathered in 
only three localities — -around Fort Orange, New Amsterdam and Esopus. 

At the latter place, in 1614, a little ronduit or fort was built as a trading' post at the 
mouth of the creek or kill, and in time this creek became known as the "Ronduit Kill," 
finally becoming corrupted to Rondout. A little settlement grew up around the fort, and 
later another sprang up on the higher lands which was called "Wiltwyck." The Esopus 
Indians occupied the adjoining country, and becoming jealous of the encroachments of the 
whites, they fell upon the settlement in 1663, while the men were at work in the fields, and 
killed or carried into captivity sixty-five persons. Toward the end of the century the 
settlement received a valuable accession by the arrival of a company of Huguenots, who 
had fled from persecution in France, to America. From this settlement has grown the city 
of Kingston. 

After the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the "Convention of 
Representatives of the State of New York" met to formulate and adopt a State Constitu- 
tion. Owing to the unsettled condition of the country and the exigencies of war, this as- 
sembly, after meeting successively in New York, Harlaem, White Plains and Fishkill, finally 
settled at Kingston and there finished their labors and adopted the first Constitution of the 
State of New York, on the 20th of April, 1777. 

This place suffered much from the Indians and Tories during the Revolution, and when 
it became so presumptuous as to harbor rebel legislators, it was marked for severe chastise- 
ment by the enemy. Accordingly when Sir James Wallace and General Vaughan sailed 
up the river with a fleet and three thousand six hundred men, in the autumn of the same year,, 
they burned and pillaged the city until hardly a house was left standing; but a protecting 
hand seems to have been over the old Senate House for it remained unharmed among the 
ruins and still stands, the pride of the city. 

In the bay just south of Tivoli, the "Clermont," Fulton's first steamboat, was built in 
1807. She was one hundred feet long, and made the trip from New York to Albany in 
thirty-six hours, the fare being seven dollars, exclusive of meals. 

The long line of blue mountains which here skirt the river to the west have always ex- 
erted a mysterious charm outside of their attractiveness to the eye, for they are the very 
domain of the fanciful and supernatural. 

Irving's Rip Van Winkle is too well known tc require mention, and among the Dutch 
settlers there are legends that old Saint Nicholas inhabited the "Kat Bergs" and kept 
watch on the children with a big spy-glass, recording their good and bad actions and reward- 
ing them accordingly at Christmas time. The poem of Clement C. Moore, "The Night 
Before Christmas," was written in Claverack, in full view of the glorious mountains. 

From this point on through to the head of navigation there is much to occupy the 
student and pleasure-seeker. Rogers Island, where the Five Nations in 1625 fought and 
finally exterminated the Mohegan tribe; Stockport, the site of the Indian village where 
Hudson went on shore and was entertained by the old chief; Lindenwald, once the home of 
Martin Van Buren; Beerin (she-bear) Island where the doughty Nicholas Koren main- 
tained the fortress of Rensselaerstein and sent Anthony, the trumpeter, back to Nieu Am- 
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Dutch in 161S, and which also marks the outlet to the Tawasentha valley, once the home of 
the Indian singer Nawada, whose traditions Longfellow has embodied in his Song of Hi- 
awatha; and the Schodack hills, whereon was maintained the ever-burning council-fire 
of the Mohegans, are all worthy of note. 

On the east bank of the river, just before the steamer reaches the bridge at Albany, 
stands the Old Manor House of Patroon Killian Van Rensselaer, built in 16i2, said to be 
the oldest house in the thirteen original colonies. Its walls are built of brick which were 
imported from Holland. This historic mansion has sheltered many of the great men of 
Colonial days and of the Revolutionary period, and here was composed that song which 
though frowned on by critics and derided by musicians, is still retained by the people as the 
National Air, "Yankee Doodle." 

The site of Albany was an Indian settlement, chiefly of the Mohawk tribe; long before 
Hudson sailed up the river; and three years after, in 1612, traders established a post there, 
and it may be said founded Albany. Next to Jamestown in Virginia this was the earliest 
permanent European settlement within the thirteen original colonies. As Jamestown has 
long since ceased to exist, there being nothing left to mark the spot where she had her 
habitations except a few mouldering stones which are submerged by the freshets each year. 
Albany remains the oldest of the settlements of the colonies. 

A temporary fort was erected in 1614 and the place was named by the Dutch, Beaver- 
wyck, from the circumstance that great numbers of beaver were found there, but a new for- 
tification was erected in 1623, called Fort Orange, and the town retained this name until 
1664, when the New Netherlands passed into the hands of the English; then it received the 
name of Albany, in honor of James, Duke of York. The first stone building was completed' 
in 1647, on which occasion "eight ankers" (128 gallons) of brandy were consumed! About 
this time the village was stockaded with strong wooden pickets, the remains of which were 
visible until 1812. It had become a considerable town in 1749 when Kalm visited it. He 
says, — "The people all spoke Dutch; the houses all stood with the gable ends toward the 
street, and the water gutters at the eaves, projecting far over the streets, were a great annoy- 
ance to the people. The cattle having free range kept the streets dirty. The people were 
very sociable, and the spacious stoops were always filled on summer evenings with neigh- 
bors mingling in chit-chat. They knew nothing of stoves, and their chimneys were almost 
as broad as their houses; and the people made wampum to sell to the Indians and traders. 
They were very cleanly in their houses; were frugal in their diet, and integrity was a pre- 
vailing virtue. Their servants were chiefly negroes." 

During the revolution and particularly after the British took possession of New York 
City, Albany was the focus of revolutionary power in the State. There the Committee 
of Safety had its sittings; and after the destruction of the forts in the Highlands and the 
burning of Kingston, it was the headquarters of the military and civil officers in the Northern 
Depai-tment. It was incorporated a city in 1686, and made the Capital of the State soon 
after the revolution. 

There the captive officers of Burgoyne's invading army were hospitably entertained 
by General Schuyler and his family at their spacious mansion, which is still standing at 
the head of Schuyler street, completely embosomed in trees and shrubbery. Within it 



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OF 1 HE WEDDING OF 

ALBERT KEITH SMILEY 

ELIZA PHELPS SMILEY 
THE FOUNDERS OF MOHONK 
^ !857- JULY Bin ■ 1907 

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The illustration on page 41 shows the new Testimonial Gateway and Lodge erected on the estate 
of Albert K. Smiley near New Paltz, New York. The interesting story of thife beautiful little building 
is as follows: 

At a meeting of the guests of the Lake Mohonk Moimtain House on August ISth, 1906, it was un- 
animously determined to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Albert K 
Smiley, the founders of Mohonk which would occur on the eighth day of July, 1907. 

It was decided that to erect a massive entrance gateway to the estate near Near Paltz would 
be an appropriate recognition by the guests of the cordial welcome so many years extended to them 
by Mr. and Mrs. Smiley and would bespeak not only their deep esteem and congratulation, but show 
honor to the place which early became and still continues a centre of discussion and influence by com- 
manding questions of national and international polity and from whence emanated substantial aid to 
many practical and proficient philanthropies. 

The building is an imposing stone structure, designed by the architects James E. Ware and Sons 
of New York, and occupies a place on the new highway through an extension of Mr. Smiley's estate. 




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the Baroness Reidesel was entertained, and there also m 17M was the seene of the attempted 
abduction of the General by the Tory, Waltemeyer, when he robbed the patriots of his 
plate. There Lafayette, Steuben, Rochambeau, and other foreign officers of eminence were 
entertained, and there the noblest of the land, as well as distinguished travelers from abroad, 
were frequent guests during the life of the owner; and there the doors were open as freely when 
the voice of poverty pleaded for assistance as when the great claimed hospitality and courtesy. 

Although navigation ends within a few miles of this place, this is not all that is in- 
teresting of the river. So far it has seemed more like a river of the sea whose waters ebb 
and flow as they linger in the valley. Above here it becomes more truly the "River of the 
Mountains," for, three hundred and twenty-five miles from its confluence with, and five 
thousand feet above, the ocean, the Hudson begins its course among the highest peaks of 
the Adirondacks. 

The mists and vapors which cling around the bald heads of Mt. Marcy and Mt. Mo 
Intyre, coming in contact With the colder masses of those giants, are condensed and trickle 
down their sides in little rivulets which form a small basiii of water called by the guides 
"Summit Water," and by Verplanck Colvin "Lake Tear of the Clouds." This, breaking 
forth in a small babbling stream, is the highest source of the Hudson, and in very truth it 
is a tear of the clouds. 

We cannot follow it through the Opalescent, Sido Falls, Avalanche Lake, Panther 
Gorge, The Gorge of the Dial and the pass which the Indians call Da-yeh-je-ga-go, or "the 




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place where the storm-clouds meet in battle with the great serpent," nor trace its course on 
down to the place where it makes its plunge over Glens Falls, and where Cooper pictures the 
retreat of Leather-stocking. 

From this place down to Albany the historian can find rich material for his musings — • 
Fort Edward, Saratoga, Bemis Heights and Schuylerville, with its memories of the sur- 
render of Burgoyne — all these speak in stentorian tones, commanding him to stop, while 
fancy, with a magic wand, recalls the past and repeoples the scenes with the forms of the 
departed multitudes in all the horrible aspects of war. 

Patriotism has a language that speaks to every heart throughout the world. It is a 
language that is understood by all, and in every region, every clime, the homage paid to it 
is the same. Is there a spot in all this wide world where the voices are as loud and clear 
as those that speak in this valley? Here also tradition whispers from the rocks and hills its 
tale of Indian legends, while song and story recall the deeds of the quaint old Dutch settlers. 

Its blue waters lap the shores of pastoral scenes as bewitching and classic as were the 
groves where Orpheus piped and Sappho sang to the Acadians of old; they lave the feet of 
mountains as sublimely beautiful in their rugged grandeur as any upon earth; they wander 
through regions once watered with patriot blood, where the echo of the brazen-throated 
war-bugle, the rattle of musketry and the boom of canon still murmur among the hills; 
they flow beneath a sky of as deep a blue as spreads its canopy above sunny Italy, and its 
summer winds are as soft and fragrant as those zephyrs which, — 

"oppresEei with perfume, 
W.'ix faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom." 




GOVERXUR CLIXTOX'S MOXUMEXT. 
At the Old Dtitch Church, Kingston, N. Y. 



MY DOG "CLEVELAND." 

I own a dog who is a gentleman 
By birth most surely, since the creature can 
Boast of a pedigree the like of which 
Holds not a Howard or a Metternich. 

By breeding. Since the walks of life he trod, 
He never wagged an unkind tail abroad, 
He never snubbed a nameless cur because 
Without a friend or credit card he was. 

By pride. He looks you squarely in the face 
Unshrinking and without a single trace 
Of either diffidence or arrogant 
Assertion, such as upstarts often flaunt. 

By tenderness. The littlest girl may tear 
With absolute impunity his hair, 
And pinch his silken, flowing ears the while 
He smiles upon her — yes, I've seen him smile. 

By loyalty. No truer friend than he 
Has come to prove his friendship's worth to me. 
He does not fear the master — knows no fear — 
But loves the man who is his master here. 

By countenance. If there be nobler eyes. 
More full of honor and of honesties. 
In finer head, on broader shoulders found — 
Then have I never met the man or hound. 
Here is the motto on my lifeboat's log; 
"God grant I may be worthy of my dog!" 



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THE benefit to be derived from a combination of 
capital with the management of diversified in- 
terests placed under one head is clearly illus- 
trated in the organization of The Central-Hudson 
Steamboat Company in April, 1899, by the purchase 
of The RomerCSi, Tremper Steamboat Company, The 




steamer Homer Ramsdell 

Poughkeepsie Transportation Company, and the 
Homer Ramsdell Transportation Company, and the 
successful management of its fleet since that time. 
This Company, a corporation, with its general 
office at Newburgh, N. Y., has a fleet of five side 
wheel steamers and four propellers, and during the 

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season of open navigation on the Hudson River these 
steamers touch at nearly every landing between 
New York City and Troy, the head of navigation. 

The terminals of the four lines are: New York 
City, Pier New 24, North River, foot of Franklin 
Street; Newburgh ; Poughkeepsie ; Kingston (Ron- 
dout) ; Albany and Troy. 

The Company runs three lines of steamers out 
of New York City to Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and 
Kingston ; while one line is run from Newburgh to 
Albany and Troy and intermediate landings. 

The steamers of this Company are the "Horner 
Ramsdell" and "Newburgh," plying between New 
York City and intermediate landings to Newburgh ; 
the " Poughkeepsie" and "Marlborough, "plying between 
New York City and intermediate landings to Pough- 
keepsie; the "William F. Romer" and "Central- 
Hudson," plying between New York City and inter- 
mediate landings to Kingston, or what was formerly 
known as Rondout; the "Milton Martin" and "Jacob 
H. Tremper," plying between Newburgh and Troy 
and touching at all intermediate landings. The 
steamer "James T. Brett" is used as an extra steamer 
when required. 

This Company is capitalized for $1,500,000; is 
the owner of valuable shore property at Newburgh, 
Poughkeepsie and Kingston. 

Its steamers are well adapted for the extensive 
freight and passenger business that is being trans- 
acted daily among the numerous towns and cities 
laying on both sides of the Hudson River between 
New York City and Troy. 



JOHN SCHOONMAKER & SON'S 
A MOST RELIABLE PLACE TO BUY DRY GOODS 

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and Albany that is as 
, large, from the best informa- 

tion we have been able to get. 
As a buying and selling 
organization this store ranks 
with the best. Probably no 
store in a city of the size of 
Newburgh in the United States 
sends its buyers to the New 
York market as often. 

John Schoonmaker & Son's 
average more than two buyers 
in the New York market for 
every business day in the year. 
The heads of the twenty-six 
departments into which this 
business is divided, do the pur- 
chasing for this establishment. 
The frequent trips of these 
buyers to the market enables 
them to secure the best values 
JOHN SCHOONMAKER for their customers. 

This store has become the Dry Goods headquarters for the buying pubhc, 
because the shrewdest of consumers have found after carefuKcomparison that 
values here are the best. The public may rest assured that John Schoonmaker 
& Son, in the future as in the past will always sell their merchandise in fair 
competition with others and will never enter into any combination or trust for 
the purpose of raising prices to the consumer. 

The store is situated at 94, 96, 98, 100, 102 and 104 Water Street. 
The departments are located as follows: 

MAIN FLOOR -Ladies' and Children's Gloves, Ladies' Neckwear, Notions. 
Woolen Dress Goods, Silks, Linings, Laces, Trimmings and Embroideries, Art and 
Embroidery Goods, Ribbons, Toilet Articles, Drug Sundries and Proprietary 
Medicines, Ladies' and Children's Hosiery and Knit Underwear, Umbrellas, 
Men's Furnishings. 

MAIN FLOOR THROUGH THE TUNNEL -Linens, White Goods, Wash 
Goods, Sewing Machines, Flannels and Domestics. 

SECOND FLOOR A new and attractive Waiting Room with maid in attend- 
ance. Corsets, Muslin Underwear, Waists, Infant's and Children's Wear, 
Infant's and Children's Shoes, Cloak and Suit Department. 

THIRD FLOOR Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, Upholstery Goods, Curtains, 
Blankets, Trunks, Traveling Bags and Suit Cases. 

BASEMENT —Cut Glass, Fancy China, Oneida Community Silverware, Favors, 
Dennison Goods, Toys, Games and Sporting Goods, Plastic Art, Postal Cards, 
Brass and Metal Goods, Hammocks, Porch Screens, Lawn Swings, Bicycles and 
Bicycle Supplies, Tents, etc. 



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Office Salesroom and Stable, First arid 

Johnson Streets 

Sales taken in any part of the country 
of livestock merchandise, real estate 
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Newburgh, N. Y. 

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" Three Anniversaries '' 



THE year 1909 is a Red Letter year for the Hudson River 
Valley. We are to celebrate the Ter-Centenary of the 
discovery of that river of which every American is justly 
proud, whether he lives on its fertile borders or has experienced 
the charm of its superb scenery but once. Sometimes called 
the "Rhein of America," but which is entitled to the greatest 
measure of respect by its own name, "The Hudson River." 

We are also celebrating the anniversary of another event 
to which all Americans look back with National pride. After 
other world powers had conducted costly but unsuccessful ex- 
periments, an American first successfully operated a boat by 
steam, and this occurred on our own Hudson River. What a 
commercial,' revolution this precipitated and the eyes of all 
the world were turned toward us, and we have reason to be 
proud. Robert Fulton first operated the Clermont between 
New York and Albany in 1807 but it was thought best to post- 
pone its celebration until 1909, the date of the three hundredth 
anniversary of the discovery of the river by Hendrick Hudson. 

We might very appropriately speak of another 1907 cele- 
bration, the 50th anniversary of an event which also 
attracted the world's attention to our country. In the invention 
of the vacuum process for condensing milk, by a man born and 
raised among us, close to the shores of the Hudson, our River 
and our Country have given another great benefit to mankind. 
Gail Borden was this^^^son of our soil and in 1857 he established 
his Company. Borden's Condensed Milk Company of New 
York is the largest manufacturer of milk products in the world 
and the term "milk products" comprises a full line. The 
original Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, after 52 years, is 
considered by eminent physicians to be the best and safest food 
for infants. The Peerless Brand Evaporated Milk is an un- 
sweetened Condensed Milk and will be found the most delicious 
for all kindsof cooking, on cereals and fruit, as well as in coffee, 
tea and chocolate. Borden's Malted Milk is a food drink for 
all ages and under all conditions, readily assimilated by the 
weakest stomach. 

This Company, which draws a large percentage of its milk 
from our section, also manufactures a line of pure confections. 
Borden's American Milk Chocolate put up in several style 
packages is delicious and irresistible, as are also Borden's Full 
Cream machine Wrapped Caramels. "You Can't Improve on 
Borden's" any more than you can improve on "The Hudson." 



BORDEN'S CONDENSED 
MILK COMPANY 



Established 1857 



'Leaders of Quality " 



NEW YORK 




EAGLE BRAND 

CONDENSED MILK 

"The Original" 



Originators of 

Condensed Milk 

and the Largest 

Manufacturers 

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PEERLESS BRAND 

EVAPORATED MILK 

Unsweetened 



The safest food for infants. 
Has enjoyed an unchallenged 
reputation for Purity and High 
Quality for more than half a 
century. 



Made from Pure, Rich, Full- 
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with water to any richness 
desired and use same as 
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THE NAME "BORDEN" is the STRONGEST 
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17 Spruce Street New York 

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The Most Charming Inland Water Trip on the American Continent 

The "Hendrick Hudson," "Robert Fulton" and "Albany" 

PALACE STEAMERS OF THE 

Hudson River Day Line 



■pjIRECT connection at Newburgh 
with the Orange County Trac- 
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Walden, etc. 

A trip on one of these famous 
steamers on the noblest stream in 
the country offers rare attractions. 
They are fitted up in most elegant 
style, exclusively for passengers. 

The Attractive Route for Summer 
Travel to" and from" [the Catskill 
Mountains, Hotel Champlain and the 



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Through Boat to 
Albany 

Special Poughkeepsie 

Service — from June 

28 to Sept._18 

Marv Powell between 
N. Y. and Kingston 


STEAMERS 

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"ROBERT 

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"ALBANY" 

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11 45 
11 20 
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P.M. 
6 20 

5 10 

2 50 
2 15 

1 20 
12 25 


P.M. 

8 40 
8 10 
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5 45 
5 20 
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9 00 10 00 
9 20 10 20 
9 45 10 50 

11 50 100 
1 25 

12 25 1 45 

1 15 2 35 


1 45 

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. West 42d St.. . 
..West 129th St.. 


4 50 

5 00 
5 25 

5 45 

6 15 
6 30 
6 45 


. Highland Falls . 
. . .West Point. .. 

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.New Hamburgh. 

Milton.. .. 

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8 40 
8 35 
8 15 
8 00 
7 30 
7 15 
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3 25 


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Catskill 


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Note— Particular attention is called to the fact that 
the special boat at 4.10 P. M. from Poughkeepsie does 
not return to Debrosses Street, the last stop in New York 
City being at West 42d Street, 8.40 P. M. 



North, Niagara Falls and the West, the Thousand 
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Regular Day Line season opens May 27 from 
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Special service from New York to Poughkeepsie and 
return commences on June 28 and continues to 
September 18. Steamer "Mary Powell" between 
Kingston and New York from May 24 to September 23. 



GENERAL OFFICE 

Desbrosses Street Pier, New York City 

F. B. HIBBARD, General Passenger Agent 
E. E. OLCOTT. General Manager 



The Leading Hotels of the Hudson Valley 

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Mohonk Snowbound. Historical Sketch 
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1899— Churches of the Wallkill Valley. 

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In the City of Troy. N. V., is the home of 

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I ONG before Hudson discovered the most beautiful river in the world, 
Cod Liver Oil was used to strengthen the weak, build up the thin, and 
as a cure for Consumption, Rheumatism, Anemia, Bronchitis, Coughs and 
Colds; but it was raw, crude and unscientific — only a few could take it. 
The little boat in which Hudson sailed up our beautiful river was also 
crude and unscientific. Now we have the wonderfully complete and 
magnificent "Hendrick Hudson" — what a difference! And there is just 
as much difference between the raw Cod Liver Oil of those days and the 
scientifically perfect 

SCOTPS EMULSION 

of to-day. 

Anyone can take it. Every child, invalid, adult — all are benefited by 
Scott's Emulsion. Every drop of it is pure and perfect; there is nothing 
in the world that gives the strength, builds flesh so quickly and does 
as much for anyone who is little, or much, below par. 



William T. Reynolds & Company 

Poughkeepsie, New York 

WHOLESALE GROCERS 



Proprietors and 
Roasters of the Rose- 
Bud, Porto-Rico and 
Pon- Honor brands of 
Coffee. 

Rose-Bud Coffee is 
a Coffee for those to 



apjireciatf the chmc- 
est Coffee it is pos- 
sible to produce. 

Pon-Honcr Coffee 
has an established 
reputation for high 
merit at a moderate 
price. The Coffee for 
the "million." See 
that you get the only 
genuine bearing our 
Trade Mark and with 
an unbroken seal. 

Pon-Honor Tea is 
correctly described by 
our remarks on the 
Coffee so well known 
of the same name. It 
is a big tea at a little 
price, giving better re- 
sults in the cup than 
any other tea at a 
much greater price. 




Proprietors of the 
High Grade Perfect, 
Reliance and Dutch- 
ess Brands of Canned 
Goods and Table 
Condiments. 

We spare neither 
pains, nor money in 
thi.- )icicking of our 
I'erfuct Brands. They 
represent the highest 
grades procurable in 
the best known mar- 
kets. Every can is 
guaranteed. 



Canned Vegetables 
and are reliable in 
every respect. 

Nothing finer is im- 
ported than the Fleur 
.IcLisbrandsofOlives, 

Olive Oils, and Table 



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M'll A^^«fo and Distributers of Christian's Superlative, Ceresota. Wh 
111 /-V gentb Sponge, Hubbard's Superlative, etc., brands of Hour. 
Ciiristuin's Superlative is, and has been for thirty years, the most reliable Fl( 
nn the market. It makes not only the most bread, but the best bread. 
Ask your grocer for it. 



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Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Works j 



OILS AND PAINTS FOR ALL PURPOSES 

We Carry the Stock and Ship Quick 




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Our goods are used all over the United States FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, 
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